The corpus record

πᾰτᾰγ-έω

patageo

clatter, clash

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Where it lives

Clouds 3 · 3.12/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k

What it meant

πᾰτᾰγ-έω · patag-eō — LSJ

clatter, clash, dash, plash, chatter, gnash, well hit!

clatter, clash, of the sharp loud noise caused by the collision of two bodies, Ar. Nu. 378 sq. ; βαρὺ δʼ ἄγριοι χειμῶνες παταγεῦσιν Anacr. 6 ; of Bacchants, Pratin.Lyr. 1.3 ; τὼ δὲ πίθω πατάγεσκʼ ὀ πύθμην Alc. l.c. ; of the sea, dash, plash, Theoc. 22.15 ; chatter, as birds, S. Aj. 168 (anap.) ; ὁ κόττυφος ἐν μὲν τῷ θέρει ᾄδει, τοῦ δὲ χειμῶνος παταγεῖ Arist. HA 632b17 ; gnash, as teeth, Philostr. Im. 1.28 : prov., καλὰ δὴ παταγεῖς well hit! prob. from the game described under πλαταγών, Ar. Fr. 1

II beat

trans., τύμπανα π. beat drums, Luc. Syr.D. 50 :—Pass., αἷς ἔντεα παταγεῖται Lyr.Adesp. 121 ; ἐπαταγεῖτο Luc. Tim. 3.

In the wild

παταγοῦσιν · patagousin Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 326)
παταγεῖν · patagein Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 332)
παταγεῖ · patagei Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 336)
παταγεῖς · patageis Plato, Euthydemus 293
παταγοῦσιν · patagousin Sophocles, Ajax 167–168

Where it came from

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